Fruit lovers, meet your new best friend: the pineberry.

Most modern strawberries are actually a combination of scarlets, the original North American strawberry, and the Chilean white strawberry. But the pineberry hasn't been as popular as its crimson friend, and was on the verge of extinction a decade ago.

It was officially reintroduced as the pineberry on April 1, 2010, in the United Kingdom. At first, people thought it was an April Fool's prank.

It seemed to good to be true.

But it was not. The pineberries were real and here to stay. They're only available between May and September in limited quantities.

Do they taste good? Maybe not, according to food critics.The Guardian and Observer food blogWord of Mouth's review of the "Alice in Wonderland-style fruit" is a bit disappointing: "It tastes like water. With sweetener in it. It's disgusting."

Correction: March 14, 2016A previous version of this article had a headline that referred to pineberries as a "pineapple-strawberry hybrid." Pineberries are strawberries that have flavors similar to pineapples, but are not a hybrid of the two plants. Additionally, the story said that pineberries are a combination of scarlets and the Chilean white strawberry. This combination makes up most modern red strawberry varieties.